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   dame

   /deɪm/

   noun

   • 1. (in the UK) the title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or holder of the Grand Cross in the Orders of Chivalry: "Dame Vera Lynn"
   • 2. an elderly or mature woman: archaic, humorous "a matronly dame presided at the table"
   • ▪ a woman: informal, dated North American "a rich dame who took her husband to the cleaners"
   • ▪ a comic middle-aged female character in modern pantomime, usually played by a man. British

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a female ruler): via Old French from Latin domina ‘mistress’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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